For the campus

Contact

News Service

Annette Hacker, director, (515) 294-3720

Office: (515) 294-4777

News

ISU to implement new budget model

President Gregory Geoffroy announced Jan. 23 that the university would
implement a new budget model. Geoffroy's announcement followed recent
endorsements of the Resource Management Model by key employee groups
and a progress report issued Jan. 22 by the committee working on the
design and implementation of the model.

Greenlee School scholarship honoring Sidey will be announced at
White House

A new scholarship in the Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication will be formally announced at a special presentation at the White House Jan. 26. First Lady Laura Bush and former President George H.W. Bush are scheduled to host the event. The scholarship honors Hugh Sidey, a 1950 Iowa State graduate and a long-time White House correspondent for Time magazine.

A study by two researchers from Iowa State's Department of Health and Human Performance found that among linemen on 251
Iowa high school football rosters during the 2005 season, nine percent had
body mass indexes that would be classified as adult class
obesity.

Committee submits progress report on budget model

The committee working on a new budget model for Iowa State has
submitted a progress report on the design and implementation of the
model, which is now called the Resource Management Model. In the
Jan. 22 report, the committee recommends continuing with the
implementation process and offers some observations on institutional
culture changes that will facilitate that process.

Iowa State to celebrate Black History Month with lectures,
activities, discussions

ISU Assistant Professor of Sociology Susan Stewart says that a
New York Times analysis of 2001 census results finding that 51 percent of
U.S. women are living without a husband shouldn't come as a surprise given
recent demographic changes.

ISU professors assess best way to score in Super Bowl ads

In spite of consumer technology that now allows viewers to
"tune out" the ads, three Iowa State University professors who specialize in
advertising and consumer behavior still find it to be a sound investment to
spend the $2.6 million for a 30-second ad in the Super Bowl.

Activities to honor Martin Luther King Jr.

Several events in the ISU/Ames community will honor the memory of civil rights
leader Martin Luther King Jr. Activities over several weeks will
include birthday celebrations, a panel discussion and a lecture on
King.

Book chronicles life and times of Iowa State

C-Span bus to campus

"Dr. Politics" Steffen Schmidt, University Professor of political science, and WOI-AM's Katherine Perkins broadcast their "Talk of Iowa" show live from the C-Span Campaign 2008 bus Jan. 22. C-SPAN videotaped the show
and it's scheduled to air on Thursday, Jan. 25, at 7:20 and 10:50 p.m.

In the news

'Bottle sock' recycling sounds featured on NPR

The clattering of cans
and bottles through the College of Design's "bottle sock" -- installed
by Architecture for Humanity Iowa in the building atrium last fall to
encourage recycling -- was the featured "Sound Clip" on NPR's All Things
Considered program Monday evening, Jan. 8, 2007. Architecture student
Keihly Moore describes the structure of the sock, a mesh tube

Five New Year's resolutions you owe yourself

Scientific American

Frederick Gibbons and Warren Franke, ISU professors in psychology and
health and
human performance respectively, assisted writer Charles Q. Choi as he questioned
health professionals and plumbed the scientific literature in a quest for the
most life-enhancing New Year's resolutions possible.

Survey illuminates teen social networks

The Associated Press

Michael Bugeja, professor and director of the Greenlee School of Journalism
and Communication, was cited in a national story about a Pew survey finding that 70 percent of teen girls, ages 15 to 17, had profiles on social networking sites,
compared with 57 percent of boys in that age bracket.